Indie · Space Sim games to play together

25 Indie · Space Sim games your group can play together online, including Moon Sweepers, Starlathe, and Space Defender: Frontier Squadron.

All games: 24

Moon Sweepers

An entire Moon to clean. One toothbrush to start. Team up with up to 16 players, collect and sell lunar dust, upgrade your tools, and unlock cleaning vehicles. Turn a ridiculous job into a thriving operation, if your friends actually help.

77% positive of 2,404 reviewsPlaying now: 55,276$7.64

Starlathe

Command your ship and fleet in a galaxy that truly lives: 150 sectors where six factions mine, haul, trade, build and wage war whether you're there or not. Trade it, rob it, defend it — or forge your own fleet and carve out your place in it. Play solo or in online co-op.

88% positive of 150 reviewsPlaying now: 90$14.99

Space Defender: Frontier Squadron

A top-down space shooter with deep RPG progression. Fly a voiced story in four acts, from a war across three galaxies to the gravity wells of Kepler, lead your wingmen, hunt pirate captains and hold a collapsing front. Solo, or with a friend on the second controller.

98% positive of 125 reviewsPlaying now: 13$6.99

Astro Colony

Astro Colony throws you into an endless Universe of exploration, automation and survival! Build interconnected colonies, alone or with friends, and turn planets into thriving industrial hubs! Design conveyor systems and take care of your Astronauts as you expand your intergalactic empire!

80% positive of 2,436 reviewsPlaying now: 189$19.99

Angels Fall First

From commanding the battle standing on the bridge of your flagship all the way down to tactical infantry firefights - AFF brings together all the combat you ever loved in a rich science fiction setting. Boarding, pilotable capital ships, deep weapon customization and full Bot support included!

80% positive of 3,893 reviewsPlaying now: 20$17.99

Void Crew

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

85% positive of 6,598 reviewsPlaying now: 144$24.99

Underspace

The spiritual successor to Freelancer with a Lovecraftian, sandbox RPG twist. Explore a vast handmade universe with mod support and PvP/co-op multiplayer. You're going to need a bigger ship.

80% positive of 436 reviewsPlaying now: 3$9.99

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!

94% positive of 12,107 reviewsPlaying now: 610$19.99

QANGA

QANGA: 750 years after humanity's fall, you must survive in a shattered world where Earth itself demands vengeance. Tear through the fabric of space to face the Voss, awaken the ancient civilisation, and dare to challenge the Sanglines, born from the bowels of a world that condemned you.

70% positive of 567 reviewsPlaying now: 1$19.99

Starship EVO

Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

82% positive of 1,347 reviewsPlaying now: 45$24.99

SPACERIFT: Arcanum System

Space. Ships. Resources. Trading. Production. Combat. Mine ore, haul cargo, and find profitable trade routes. Buy and capture ships, build your fleet, construct stations, and develop your production. Start with your first ship. Build your empire!

77% positive of 414 reviewsPlaying now: 3$12.90

Andromeda: Rebirth of Humanity

Andromeda is a hybrid between a Space 4X and an MMO. An online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players, or just sit and chat with the friendly community.

65% positive of 118 reviewsPlaying now: 2Free

No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

83% positive of 319,010 reviewsPlaying now: 13,593$23.99

Auralux: Constellations

Auralux: Constellations is the awaited sequel to Auralux, the critically acclaimed minimalistic Real Time Strategy game. Explore a dozen new gameplay mechanics through each constellation, one new feature at a time. It's Real-­Time Strategy, deconstructed.

78% positive of 156 reviewsPlaying now: 2$9.99

Build a shared galaxy in StarMade

Build ships, stations, and factions with friends in StarMade’s online voxel sandbox. Create your own goals across a generated universe, with server-based co-op and PvP.

66% positive of 2,200 reviewsPlaying now: 7$14.99

Infinity: Battlescape

Infinity: Battlescape is a multiplayer space combat sim supporting hundreds of players on a single server. Join one of the corporate factions and fight for domination of a seamless, true-to-scale procedural star system. Participate in massive space and planetary battles involving hundreds of ships.

79% positive of 639 reviewsPlaying now: 0$34.99

Evochron Legacy SE

Advanced Space Flight, Combat, Trading, and Exploration Simulation. Set in a vast explorable universe, Evochron Legacy offers freeform gameplay with many diverse objectives and paths to choose from.

81% positive of 416 reviewsPlaying now: 0$24.99

Interstellar Transport Company

Build a galactic transportation empire and supply humanity with everything it needs to colonize the stars. In this sci-fi logistics simulator, grow your company from a local transport agency into an interstellar logistics behemoth! Singleplayer, vs AI, and online multiplayer.

64% positive of 397 reviewsPlaying now: 0$24.99

Fly Dangerous

Extremely high skill-ceiling 6dof flight racing in a variety of environments with leaderboards, multiplayer and VR support

77% positive of 372 reviewsPlaying now: 0Free

Deep Space Battle Simulator

Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!

77% positive of 357 reviewsPlaying now: 0$9.99

Artemis Turns Your Friends into a Starship Crew

Crew one ship with 2–11 players, call out changing threats, and run cooperative missions together in Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator.

88% positive of 299 reviewsPlaying now: 0$6.99

Nimbatus - Drone Creator

Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?

89% positive of 276 reviewsPlaying now: 0Free

Vector 36

Race across the terraformed surface of Mars in your Skimmer, a completely customizable hover racing vehicle. Piloting skill and engineering make the difference between winning and losing in Vector 36, a Physics-Based Racer. Available with and without VR or HOTAS.

80% positive of 242 reviewsPlaying now: 0$24.99

Captain Forever Trilogy

Millions of players worldwide have flown, built, and fought their way through Captain Forever. CF Trilogy brings Captains Forever, Successor, and Impostor to Steam with a beautiful new renderer, new modules, and a reimagined world written by acclaimed novelist Cassandra Khaw.

85% positive of 141 reviewsPlaying now: 0$9.99